Substantial Opportunities

Several members of the Parish Staff have started working to revitalize the 6pm Mass. This effort opens the doors for several more people to become involved in leadership roles:
Here is what we need:

• 2 more Regional Mass Coordinators for the 6 pm Mass. This ministry is open to adults, but we also welcome parent-youth partners. Regional coordinators sign-on for one Sunday evening each month. Their job includes turning on the lights, setting up for mass, coordinating the procession of gifts, coordinating the volunteers to do the collection, and more, including turning off the lights and locking-up.  The two positions we now have open are due to family re-locations and job changes. Our current regional coordinators find this ministry very rewarding.
• We need middle and high school lectors. This is an opportunity to be part of making the scriptures more easily understood and appreciated by the congregation. Training and coaching is available one hour before each mass for those assigned to a  specific weekend. Our goal is to schedule youth lectors  to serve once every 6 - 8 weeks. 
• We need youth from our Parish Peer Ministry Team to step up as greeters for the 6 pm Mass. We would like one (or two) middle school and one (or two) high school peer ministers serving in this ministry each Sunday evening. The ministry would include welcoming parishioners as they come to mass, helping to recruit Eucharistic ministers, helping to recruit people to bring up the gifts and recruiting people to take - up the collection. Our goal is to schedule Greeters to serve once every 4 - 6 weeks.